Door or wall of sheet metal.



P. M. WEGE.

DOOR 0R WALL 0F SHEETMETAL. APPLICATION FILED snrr. 3'1, 1909 PatentedMa 30, 1911 STA PATENT OFFICE.

PETER M. WEGE, OF MARIETTA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE SAFE-CABINET COMPANY,

OF MABIETTA, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

DOOR OB. WALL OF SHEET Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented luay30, 19 11.

Application filed September 27, 1909. Serial No. 519,666.

' wall in which the parts cafFbe economically manufactured and quicklyassembled.

, The invention is embodied in the c0nstruction herein shown anddescribed and then particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing: Fi re is a section horizontally of a dooron t eline w-m Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a section vertically.

on the line yy Fig. 3.- Fig. 3 isa front elevation of the door. I

The parts are constructed chiefly of sheet metal. The door shown isrectangular in outline. Its inner sheet 6 is formed. of a rectangularsheet of metal slit or cut out at the corners andbent up at the marginsas seen at? to stand at right angles to the body of the sheet. The endsof the bent up margins can be lappedand suitably secured together ortheycan be mitered and welded,- the resulting structure ineither case beingof'a shallow box form. Each of the four margins or flanges 7 is thenslit'and pressed out to form a suitable number of catches 8 with theirstraightshoulders at 9 presented toward the plane of the body of thesheet.'

The front sheet 10 is in form generally gins of the front sheet arebentto form a flange 11 and said flange is further bent to forman inwardlyextending flange '12. The

ends of the flanges 11 and 12 at the corners of the sheet are securedtogether in any suitable manner or as before described, with referenceto the rear sheet. The structure thus described resembles the lid of abox, except that it has the flanges 12. The flanges l1 arefig referablyof such depth that/the flanges 12 can be sprung over the catches 8 withthe edges of the flange T abutting or nearly abutting against the frontsheet 10 to prevent movement of the sheets toward or Copies of thispatent may be obtained for five cents eacli, by addressing theCommissioner of Patents. 1

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without departing from the gist of the infrom each other. The front wallis thus applied to the rear one in very much the manner in which a lidis applied to its box except that considerable pressure may be necessary to cause the flange 12 to spring over the catches 8. When the twoparts are con- I have shown the invention as utilized in I theconstruction of a door hinged at 14 and rovided with a knob 15 foroperating it at the invention is not limited to this use. It can, forexample, be used in the construction of walls for safes or parts offurniture (gal-wherever such a structure would be use- I do not limitmyself to the particular embodiment of the invention herein shown andarticularly set forth as the invention 0 modified in the form of itsdetails vention. I c

, What I claim is:

1. A door or wall constructed of two I sheets of metal, each bent at itsmargins to' form fl'an es, the flanges of one'sheet provided wit.catches and the flanges of the other provided with an inturned flangeto engage said catches.

2; A. door or wall constructed of. two sheets of metal each bent at itsmargins to form flanges, the flanges of one sheet provided with catchesbent up in them and the flanges of the other provided with an inturnedflange to engage said catches.

3. A door or wall constructed of two sheets of metal, eachbent at itsmargins to form flanges, the flanges of one sheet provided" with catchesand the flanges of the movement of the two sheets toward each other whenthe inturned flange is engaged with the catches. I

PETER MQWEGE.

Witnesses:

, BEN AMIN FINCKEL,

MAYME FoARp. H

